When I was a kid, a teenager, and yes, a young adult (I’m that old) the internet did not exist. I was in my early to mid-twenties when the internet came to my home. And by “my home” I mean my parents home. I don’t think I had my own computer with internet access at my own place of residence until I was at least 28 years old.

It’s hard for young people today to envision a world without computers. Every child and teen has a computer at their fingertips 24/7. Literally, at their fingertips with an iPhone. If they want to know an answer to a burning question….any question at all, or if they just want to keep up with what’s happening in the world at large, they can access that information instantaneously.

When I was growing up kids and teens weren’t all that interested in the world at…

About The Marine Corps Birthday

From their debut in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution creating “two Battalions of Marines be raised,” to the mountains of Afghanistan, the United States Marine Corps has earned the world’s respect as an elite and reliable fighting unit wherever put into combat.
November 10, 2018 marks the Marine Corps’ 243nd birthday -- please join us in wishing the United States Marine Corps a Happy Birthday.